spared

Example Sentences

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Only thick smoke, perhaps, spared the server room.

From BBC

Both cities were spared by the recent unrest.

From Barron's

But like the rest of the economy, the sector was not spared the knock-on effects of the war, which began in October 2023 and led to staffing shortages and skittishness from would-be backers.

From Barron's

It is unlikely Andrew would have been deemed a risk to the arresting officers or himself, or that he would try to escape, so he probably would have been spared handcuffs.

From BBC

Safe to say the Bishopbriggs-native - who now lives with his partner and two-year-old child in Copenhagen - has not been spared by his friends and family either.

From BBC